Endosymbionts Flashcards

1
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Cyanelles

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Ancestral chloroplasts in Glaucophtres

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2
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Model chlorophytes

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Chlamydomonas reinhdardtii and Volvox carteri

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3
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Isogamy

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Sexual reproduction involving gametes with same morphology

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4
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Anisogamy

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Sexual reproduction involving two different gametes

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5
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Group containing land plants and Charophytes

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Streptophytes

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6
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Charophytes

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Complex green algae common in freshwater and terrestrial environments

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7
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Biological soil crust

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Complex community of green algae, cyanobacteria, lichens, etc. that colonize soil surface and establish living soil where plants can proliferate

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8
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Lignin

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Complex organic polymer structure incorporated in cell wall of Streptophytes

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9
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Chara

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Multicellular plant-like algae that deposit CaCO3

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10
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Oogamy

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Sexual reproduction involving a small motile male gamete and larger, less motile female gamete

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11
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Hormones

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Molecules present in low concentrations that regulate important biochemical pathways

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12
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Pseudoparenchyma

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Filamentous algal tissues embedded in an extracellular matrix

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13
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Light harvesting complex

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Array of proteins and chlorophyll embedded in thylakoid membrane of Rhodophytes

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14
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Model Euglenozoa

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Euglena gracilis

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15
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Haptonema

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Peg-like organelle in many Haptophytes that functions in attachment to substrate, feeding, or sensing

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16
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Model Haptophyte

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Emiliania huxleyi

17
Q

Top and bottom valve of diatoms

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Epivalve and hypovalve

18
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Radial and bilateral diatoms

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Centric and pennate

19
Q

Model diatom

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Phaeodactylum tricorntum

20
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Auxospore

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Temporary diploid reproductive cell of diatoms

21
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Brown algae group name

A

Phaeophytes

22
Q

Fucoxanthin

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Dominant pigment in brown algae, absorbs broad range of blue-green light

23
Q

Pneumatocyst

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Air bladder

24
Q

Transverse flagellum

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Unique dinoflagellate feature contained in groove in cell wall

25
Q

Zooxanthellae

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Single-celled dinoflagellates that live in mutualistic relationships with marine invertebrates such as coral

26
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Parasites of algal origin

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Apicomplexans

27
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Apicoplast

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Vestigial non-photosynthetic plastid used for synthesis, metabolism, etc. in apicomplexans